COASTAL DETOX REFUND POLICY

Updated: March 1, 2016

Coastal Detox strives for you to be 100% satisfied with our services.

If you are not satisfied with our services we will always attempt to rectify the situation.

If at any point you are discharged or leave our program it is our policy to cease all billing for medical – health services at the time of your discharge. Any special circumstances will be prorated on an individual consideration basis.

Why You Shouldn’t Rely on a Rapid Detox for Your Recovery From Substance Abuse

You may have heard the buzz word rapid detox in regards to recovery from drug and alcohol addiction. It has been a buzz word over recent years and typically offers a lightning-fast detoxification process that claims to help you go through a full detox in just one day. However, you shouldn’t rely on a rapid detox to address your addiction to drugs or alcohol. A rapid detox merely addresses the physical symptoms of the recovery process.

You’ve likely heard the old adage that if something seems too good to be true, it usually is. This is absolutely the case of the promises that rapid detox programs offer. Not only is rapid detox unsafe, you are treating just one part of the problems that led to substance abuse. The truth is that detox should always be done safely and should be monitored by a trained professional. As with anything in life, true success takes work, which is why rapid detox is not only extremely unsafe, but will likely ultimately lead to relapse. If you are reading this, you or a loved one is likely dealing with substance abuse and has some level of desire to recover from addiction. The good news is that a traditional, medical detox can give you or your loved one that healthy, substance abuse-free lifestyle.

What Exactly is Rapid Detox and Why is it Appealing?

When you make up your mind to go through the process of recovery from drugs and alcohol and live a substance-free lifestyle, one of the first steps is completing a detox from the substance or substances you are addicted to. There are several methods to completing the detoxification process, but the end goal is always to completely stop you from using drugs and to avoid a relapse. Unfortunately, you physically can’t simply stop using drugs without going through some level of the withdrawal process. This process has many unpleasant physical symptoms. For this reason, many people look for ways to cheat the process with quick fixes like a rapid detox.

Rapid detox has been marketed as an easy way to go through the detoxification process in a fastener manner than a traditional detox. Typically, the client going through rapid detox is put under a heavy sedation or strong medication during the entire detox process. A rapid detox may involve the use of general anesthesia and will utilize an opiate blocker to prevent a fatal overdose. During a traditional detox, the client is awake during the entire process, which takes anywhere from several days to several weeks. The time frame will depend on which substance the client was addicted to and how heavily they were using that substance. Rapid detox appeals to people who want to speed that process up and avoid some of the worst symptoms of the detox process.

What Are the Dangers of Rapid Detox?

While rapid detox is often marketed as a miraculous, incredibly simple detox process, the truth is that it comes with some real safety hazards. Many of those hazards are extremely dangerous. Additionally, one of the main hazards is the simple fact that you leave the rapid detox with no real tools to understand what led to the original addiction to alcohol or drugs and no real tools to prevent a relapse. The dangers of rapid detox include:

• Nausea, vomiting, choking, aspiration, infection
• Raised body temperature and infection
• Heart attack and death
• It does not treat the underlying issue of your addiction and the likelihood that you will relapse

Overall, the bottom line is that it simply has never been proven to be safe. In fact, the American Medical Association did a study on the result of rapid detox versus traditional detox. The result of the study showed that there was a higher rate of adverse events with rapid detox than with traditional detox. Those that went through the rapid detox process also had more discomfort following the detox process.

There is Not a Shortcut to Your Sobriety

Recovering from an addiction to drugs or alcohol is a very significant phase of your life and you should go about it the right way, a way that will ensure your recovery lasts a lifetime. It will open the door to the clean and healthy life you always knew you could have. You will be free to excel in ways that you always knew were possible. It isn’t hard to understand that by being sedated or “knocked out,” for a few hours is no way to solve the problems that led to drug addiction in the first place. A safe, medical detox is a holistic approach to recovering from drug or alcohol addiction. The benefits include:

• 24/7 supervision and access to quality medical care from processionals
• Comfortable accommodations
• Safety is always the top priority
• Working with medical and mental health professionals to develop a long-term recovery plan and access to the tools that will prevent relapse

While a traditional detox is certainly more work, the best things in life come as a result of hard work. Medical detox under the care and supervision of trained medical professionals is a tried and true method. Additionally, it is a comprehensive treatment plan that will treat not only the physical detox process, but the mental aspects that led to substance abuse in the first place. It will also provide you with the tools to not simply detox, but to live a healthy and sober life for years to come. You can expect to be provided with not just the medical care the detox process requires, but the professional guidance and support that you will need.

Rapid detox has been marketed as an effortless, pain-free method of detox. Yet, in reality it is simply a quick fix, similar to putting a Band-Aid on a bullet hole. It focuses simply on one slice of your recovery, which often leads to a relapse. By treating your recovery process holistically, you have a much better chance of living the bright and happy life that you always knew was waiting for you. We can help, speak with one of our counselors 24 hours a day: 866-802-6848

Get In Touch

Coastal Detox has earned The Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval® for Behavioral Health Care Accreditation by demonstrating continuous compliance with its performance standards. The Gold Seal of Approval® is a symbol of quality that reflects an organization’s commitment to providing safe and effective care.